I once walked into a second-grade classroom where the teacher, Mrs. Johnson, was introducing a new concept. Within a few minutes she knew where every one of her students stood. She gauged their understanding based on...
In an effort to keep the Austin school district independent, Mayor Kirk Watson is pushing to close two chronically-failing middle schools that triggered the state’s takeover law. He’ll need parents’ help to do it....
Dolly Parton left behind an extraordinary body of music, storytelling and philanthropy. Yet for those of us who work in literacy, her most consequential legacy is the millions of books that arrived at children’s homes...
Denver school board members Amy Klein Molk, DJ Torres, Xóchitl Gaytán, and Marlene De La Rosa attend a board meeting in December 2025. Torres is one of two board members demanding an independent investigation.
A court returned Lindsey Cornett to the ballot for IPS school board after the Marion County Election Board removed her. She's running to represent District 4.
Indianapolis Public Schools will no longer use the citywide enrollment platform Enroll Indy. The change starts with the application cycle for the 2027-28 school year that begins in November.
The State Board of Education approved 31 early literacy professional development options for teachers, another step toward implementing early literacy reforms passed by the Legislature last year.
If institutions lose their tax-exempt status over diversity efforts, they could face a loss of gifts and higher borrowing costs among other hits, analysts said.
OKLAHOMA CITY — A federal appeals court has upheld and limited the interpretation of a controversial Oklahoma law impacting public school teaching on race and gender. In a split decision Wednesday, the Tenth Circuit...
San Juan Unified expected a modest enrollment drop this year as district officials planned for about 300 fewer students than last year. The drop was much steeper — 1,200 fewer students enrolled. San Juan Unified in...
The parents of a 2-year-old and a 5-year-old were detained near the children’s elementary school in San Diego Unified School District on Wednesday, shortly after morning drop-off. The arrest happened around 8:45 a.m....
When a 20-year-old New Yorker recently reflected on her high school experience, she said the things she learned weren’t “very helpful to where I am now.” “I don’t really think most of my classes that I took in high...
A little over a month after the Trump administration debuted its proposal to dramatically reduce Head Start standards, a clearer picture is emerging of what those changes might mean for the 1,600 local programs across...
Unlike public schools, private ones generally aren’t required to educate students with disabilities. They often don’t. The post Vouchers promise students with disabilities a path to private school. Parents say that’s...
Boulder Valley School District will begin to address antisemitic harassment and discrimination in the schools by creating a new executive-level role to handle all Title VI complaints. The post Boulder school district...
School districts are under increasing pressure to do more with less. Budgets are tightening, academic recovery coming out of the pandemic remains unfinished in many communities, and educators, administrators and parents...
10 school districts across Marion County have school board seats on the ballot this November.
A Meta settlement that could direct hundreds of millions of dollars to Tennessee child mental health well-being programs is a "once-in-a-generation opportunity," one Tennessee lawmaker says.
Three candidates are running for three seats on the Beech Grove school board this November.
Four candidates are vying for three seats on the Pike Township school board this November.
Seven candidates are vying for three seats on the Franklin Township school board this November.
Eight candidates are vying for three at-large seats for the school board of the Metropolitan School District of Decatur Township.
Two candidates are running unopposed for the Washington Township school board this November.
Four candidates are running unopposed for Wayne Township School board this November.
Three of seven school board seats are up for election at Metropolitan School District of Perry Township, a district located on the south side of Indianapolis.
Six candidates are vying for three seats on the Warren Township school board this November.
Lawrence Central High School students work on projects during class on Friday, Sept. 29, 2023.
Efforts by the Ivy League institution to foster open conversations have helped raise its score with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
Roughly 1 in 5 teens are turning to AI chatbots for mental health support — and that number is only growing.
Twenty-five years later, educators should give students context and space to reflect — not try to re-create the trauma adults remember.